President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africans should be concerned when those who occupied prominent positions in society made statements that demonstrated a disdain for the basic principles of our Constitution and the institutions established to defend our democracy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that giving more land, and providing the means to productively work it, was about building a prosperous and inclusive future for South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the move followed more than a decade of work by the government and partners in the private sector and academia to develop the technology for both hydrogen fuel cells and lithium battery storage.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was among the first group of people to be vaccinated with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Khayelitsha on Wednesday.
The Health Department said that all COVID-19 vaccination sites would go live at 2pm.
The National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will hold joint sittings today and Wednesday to debate last Thursday's address.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday used his weekly newsletter to assess government's contribution to help society navigate the devastating pandemic almost a year after the first case was detected in South Africa.
Speaking during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the new legislation would require not only Cabinet proposals, but also Parliament’s input.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said he believed President Ramaphosa managed to instill confidence in government’s plans.
Opposition parties have rated his overall speech as bland and very ordinary, saying it was out of touch and lacked new ideas.
Eskom estimated that, without additional capacity, there would be an electricity supply shortfall of between 4,000 and 6,000 megawatts over the next five years -
President Cyril Ramaphosa has targeted fighting corruption and building the capacity of the state as one of the government’s four top goals for the coming year.
The DA’s John Steenhuisen characterised Ramaphosa’s speech as ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’; praising him for continuing the COVID-19 relief grants but coming down hard on economic reforms which were yet to reach Parliament.
President Cyril Ramaphosa also announced the extension until 15 March of the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Temporary Employee-Employer Scheme (TERS) – but only for business sectors that have been unable to operate.
President Cyril Ramaphosa came across as the chief executive of South Africa Incorporated last night, reporting back to the board and shareholders after a catastrophic year, with murky waters still ahead.
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his State of the Nation Address in Parliament on 11 February 2021.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said that it wanted the president to go back to last year's State of the Nation Address and ensure that he implemented those plans first before committing to new ones.
ANC head of economic transformation Enoch Gondongwana said he expected government to prioritise the vaccine roll-out programme, but that it must also prioritise programmes with higher employment outcomes.
